Aug 08 2006
The $230 Book
This is why Dorrie and I avoid book stores. On the way home from an afternoon with friends, we decided to make a quick trip to Tattered Cover for a crossword dictionary. As usual, Dorrie and I separated as we walked through the entrance, each of us immediately discovering something captivating. 15 minutes later we ran into each other, not more than 20 or 30 feet from the store entrance. Both of us had a half dozen books in our arms and we hadn’t even begun to look for the crossword dictionary.
We did, eventually, find the crossword dictionary. But not after adding two additional crossword references and a few gifts to the already large stack of books we were lugging around with us. Our final tab came out to $230.
Stop the madness.